Denver Public Schools
Kung-hsi Fa-ts' ai! – A Chinese New Year Celebration
Looking for ideas for your Lunar New Year celebration? Check out an interdisciplinary unit of study that includes lessons in counting, calligraphy, culture, geography, literature, art, and music. Kung-hsi Fa-ts' ai! (May you...
Mascil Project
Parachute Food Drop
Drop a perfect project into your lesson plans. Groups use different building materials to create models of parachutes for food drops. After testing out their prototypes, they make improvements to their designs.
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Making Cents of Density
Students utilize their knowledge of the physical properties of matter such as mass, volume, and density to solve a problem. They utilize the scientific method to solve a problem. Pupils analyze their data to determine whether their...
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Free Standing Structures
Learners investigate how to create a free standing structure. For this mathematics lesson, small groups of students demonstate how to build the tallest structure while spending the least amount of money on materials.
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Perimeter Patterns
Sixth graders calculate perimeter of rectangles with different dimensions. In this perimeter lesson, 6th graders define length, width and perimeter. Students complete a perimeter activity using a web tool to change the...
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Botanical Discoveries
Sixth graders examine the Lewis and Clark Expedition. In this plant discovery lesson, 6th graders put in chronological order the plant discoveries of Lewis and Clark. Students understand the characteristics of leaves and find the area of...
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Simplify Expression Using the Order of Operations
Allow learners to explore both the right and wrong way of completing equations with the order of operations. They discuss how the order in which operations are performed affects the outcome of a problem. A fun "trick" using order of...
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Division Patterns
Pupils investigate the concept of division and how numbers fit into specific patterns while practicing the skills finding equivalent fractions. They practice solving different division sentences while answering questions asked during...
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Monthly Cost of Living - Food
Students determine how much they would need to feed a family for a month. They plan meals and use Internet grocery stores to find the cost of individual food items. They brainstorm in small groups to come up with 1 weeks worth of menus.
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Solving Equations Using Two Operations
Need more detail in showing your class how to solve two-step equations and proportions? This lesson plan outlines the steps young mathematicians need to solve simple equations and check their results.
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Famous Astronauts
In this astronauts worksheet, students read about the accomplishments of Sally Ride, Neil Armstrong, and John Glenn. Then students complete 27 multiple choice, 2 true or false, and 3 short answer questions.
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In Addition / Additionally / Plus / Moreover / Furthermore / …as well
In this writing transitions worksheet, students practice using transitions as they write 7 sentences using in addition, additionally, plus, moreover, furthermore, and as well.
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Functions Made Easy
Students explore concept of functions as relationships, as machines, as equations, and as graphs.
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Discovering Magnets and Graphs
Sixth graders investigate averages and statistics by discovering magnet strengths. In this magnet experiment lesson, 6th graders utilize different magnets and attempt to attract different materials to them. Students record...
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Tessellation
Students create an art piece incorporating tessellating shapes, translational symmetry, reflectional symmetry,and or rotational symmetry. They are asked if they know the definition of tessellation. If so, students are asked what shapes...
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Virtual Field Trip: Lodging and Meals
Learners calculate the costs for lodging and meals for a virtual field trip. They calculate the number of nights lodging needed for road and city travel and the number of meals needed, the costs for each, and input the data using...
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Properties: Commutative, Associative, and Identity
Middle schoolers explore the concept of addition and multiplication properties. For this addition and multiplication properties lesson, students create a foldable with the properties commutative, associative, identity, and distributive...
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Graphs
Learners investigate circle and bar graphs. In this middle school mathematics lesson, students determine which kind of graph is suitable for a given situation and create circle and bar graphs.
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Perimeter
Students examine the concept of perimeter. Students calculate the perimeter of a random shape on a grid. Students develop a better understanding of the concept of perimeter. Students calculate the perimeter of shapes.
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Technology: fractions
Sixth graders review equivalent fractions by using folded paper and shading in different amounts. For this fractions lesson plan, 6th graders review fractions with the paper, and then go onto internet sites to practice concepts on...
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Polygon Perimeters
Students define the terms polygon and perimeter to begin the lesson. Using a calculator, they practice determining the perimeter of various symbols in a painting. They discuss how geometry and art are related to one another.
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Positively Negative?
Middle schoolers practice the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of integers. They view a video clip on addition and subtraction of integers. Students observe a Web site that reviews multiplication and division of...
Helping with Math
Using Integers
Given nine clues, investigators write down a positive or negative integer that represents the scenario. Then they compare pairs of integers and identify which is less or which is greater according to specified directions. This is a...
Helping with Math
Solving Equations with Two-Stepping! (4 of 4)
Here are 12 two-step algebraic equations to be solved. The first problem is completed as an example to your class, but the remaining can be worked right on the page. An answer key is available by clicking on a small box at the top of the...